macbert

Producer/artist/writer from Regina Canada just tryina do his thing doin what he know how to do best. Born and raised in Chingola, Zambia (a small country just below the Congo in Africa), Cuthbert Mwale...me.. was introduced to Rap at a young age. “When I was about 5-years-old, I had a cousin that was heavily involved in music. He could play any instrument, sing, freestyle, beatbox, everything. And he was basically my mentor and my motivation to start doing something myself. I already loved to sing ‘cos I did it in church a bit and in school occasionally, but Rap and Hip-Hop changed the way I looked at things musically. From then on, I just practiced my beatboxing and writing skills. I was constantly living and breathing Hip-Hop”. Soon after hitting the age of 13, I soon moved to a small town in the south westernpart of England called Exeter. “Other then settling down here in Regina, moving to England was one of the best thing that ever happened to me. Those 4 years of living there kinda’ got me acquainted to my love of singing again and just broadened my view of the music industry. It wasn’t just about rapping now, but mixing singing into it as well. I went from listening to Tupac, Jay-Z, Nas and Jadakiss to listening to R&B stars like Usher, Aaliyah, R. Kelly and B2K. And at the same time, my love for techno and dance styles started to grow as well”. Met up with Chad(playboy) and Savan(A'jeah)and together we form the group XL....it is strictly because of the love of it that we do what we do and we do it rather well. Even when I'm 99 I'll still be doin it haha....check out XL..my crew at www.myspace.com/xlhiphop